MANSFIELD, Mass. – Eight student-athletes from Southern New Hampshire University collected NE10 Academic All-Conference accolades for the 2022-23 winter season Wednesday.

The eight selections are tied for the third most in the league. However, SNHU only sponsors four of the seven winter sports in the NE10; only one other institution sponsors fewer. Bentley University led the way with 15 honorees, while Southern Connecticut State University had 12. Adelphi University tied the Penmen with eight. Bentley, Southern Connecticut and Adelphi all sponsor six of the seven NE10 winter sports – two more than SNHU. Furthermore, SNHU's 2:1 ratio of NE10-Academic-All-Conference-honorees-to-number-of-sports-sponsored is tied for the league lead with SCSU.

SNHU placed a league-high four student-athletes on the 15-member women's indoor track & field field team. Graduate student Ashley Corcoran (East Longmeadow, Mass.), and juniors Ava Gravell (Windham, N.H.), Emma Hallet (Billerica, Mass.) and Kelsey Seamans (Methuen, Mass.) earned the honor for the Penmen, who captured the program's first NE10 title in February.

Corcoran is one of three, out of the 73 student-athletes honored across the NE10, to earn the accolade for the third time. Corcoran, who posted a 3.81 grade-point average as an undergraduate and now has a perfect 4.0, while pursuing her Master's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in marketing, adds to her impressive list of accomplishments this season. She was recognized as United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) East All-Region in five different events (mile, 800m, 3000m, 5000m, DMR), and was named both the NE10 Most Valuable Athlete and NE10 Most Outstanding Track Performer following her performance at the NE10 Championships, which saw her capture individual titles in the mile (5:03.77), 3000m (10:40.80) and 5000m (18:40.96). Corcoran qualified for the NCAA National Championship in the mile, leading for more than half the race, before finishing eighth in 4:55.13. 

Corcoran competed in seven meets during the season, also winning the 800 at the Panther Invitational I with a personal best time of 2:18.00, finishing second in the 1000m at the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEICAA) Championships with a personal best of 2:52.57, and claimed another personal best in the mile at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (4:48.18). Corcoran, the Jan. 24 NE10 Track Athlete of the Week, previously received the NE10 Academic All-Conference nod for women's indoor track & field in 2021 and 2022, in addition to being selected as the NE10 Sport Excellence Award winner for women's indoor track & field last season.

Gravell, a biology major with a 3.97 GPA, earned USTFCCCA East All-Region honors in the 400m. She took part in eight meets and set five personal bests, including at the USM II meet on Jan. 7, when she won the 55m in a time of 7.48. The other four PRs all came at the NE10 Championships, where Gravell was second in the 400m (57.08), third in the 60m prelims (7.97), fifth in the long jump (5.40) and sixth in the 200m (25.61).

Hallet, a USTFCCCA East All-Region selection in the pentathlon, participated in 10 meets. She set three personal bests, including at the NE10 Championships, where she finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.52). She was also second in the pentathlon at NE10s. Hallet finished eighth in the 60m at the Panther Invitational I on Jan. 21 with a personal best of 8.54 and also set a PR in the shot put as part of the pentathlon at the Art Kadish Elm City Challenge on Dec. 2-3 with a mark of 9.25m. She is a psychology major with a 3.92 GPA.

Seamans, who earned the Elite 24 Award for having the highest GPA at the NE10 Championships, is an accounting and finance major with a 4.0 GPA. She competed at four meets, finishing third in both the 3000m (10:45.04) and 5000m (18:50.76) at the NE10 Championships, as well as 15th in the 3000 at the NEICAAA Championships (10:41.36).

Senior Ariana Koivisto (Pomfret, Conn.) represented the Penmen as one of 10 women's basketball honorees. Koivisto, who was also a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team honoree earlier this season, was one of two Penmen to start all 30 games. She posted 8.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while making 38.8 percent (88-227) of her shots from the floor, including 33 percent (30-91) from long range, and 77.9 percent (53-68) from the stripe. She led the team in steals, while ranking second in rebounding, assists, blocks (20), 3-pointers made and 3-point field goal percentage, third in field goals made, and fourth in field goal percentage, free throw percentage and free throws made. Koivisto also placed eighth in the league in steals, 12th in blocks and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.6), 17th in rebounding, assists and 3-point percentage, and 20th in 3-pointers made. Koivisto, a business administration major with a concentration in sport management, has a 3.70 GPA.

Junior Matt Becht (Vienna, Va.) and sophomore Ethan Okwuosa (No. Haven, Conn.) were two of the five men's basketball student-athletes recognized. Becht adds to his 2022-23 accolades, which include National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District First Team, Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) East All-Region Second Team, NE10 All-Conference First Team and CSC Academic All-District Team. Becht played in all 30 games this season, starting 29 of them. He averaged 15.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per contest, while knocking down 45.4 percent (138-304) of his shots from the field, including 45.2 percent (90-199) from downtown, and 90.5 percent (95-105) at the line. His 90 3-pointers made ranked seventh in the program's single-season record book. Becht, the Dec. 5 and Feb. 6 NE10 Player of the Week, led the league in 3-pointers made, while ranking second in 3-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage, fifth in free throws made and eighth in scoring. He placed third in the region in 3-pointer field goals made, fourth in free throw percentage, sixth in 3-point field goal percentage, and 14th in free throw percentage. Becht scored in double figures 24 times, including eight straight games twice. His best performance came in an 81-76 win at Bentley University on Feb. 1 when he dropped 34 points. Becht, who also earned NE10 Academic All-Conference recognition last season, is pursuing his MBA with a concentration in Sport Business and owns a 3.89 GPA.

Okwuosa, one of two Penmen to start all 30 games, recorded 12.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, while shooting 41.5 percent (144-347) from the field, including 38.6 percent (44-114) from beyond the arc, and 78.8 percent (41-52) from the stripe. He was an NE10 All-Conference Second Team selection and also joined Becht on the CSC Academic All-District Team. Okwuosa led the team in assists and placed second in rebounding, 3-pointers made, 3-point percentage and free throw percentage, and third in scoring, field goals made, free throws made, and blocks. He ranked 14th in the league in rebounding, and 17th in both field goals made and 3-point field goal percentage. Okwuosa is a biology major with a 3.94 GPA.

Senior Tim Usalis (Danvers, Mass.) was one of seven men's ice hockey student-athletes to earn the accolade. Usalis, an NE10 All-Conference Second Team choice, played in 22 games this season. He recorded six goals and eight assists for 14 points, which ranked fifth on the team, including second among defenseman. His six goals led all Penmen blue liners. Usalis is an economics and finance major with a 3.92 GPA.

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